Giant wasp? 2" big?

[annret]

Today one of these flew into my room & I had to go get help to open the window bigger (I'm terrified of them) and it was literally about 2" big. I thought it was my imagination/fear making it so big, but an Oxford biology student saw it and said yes, it's a wasp and yes they can be that big - not a sawfly or anything else...

Anyone else seen one like this?

Terrifying!

 

[connie1288]

yes we had one inside the other day!!

 

[Rollin]

We have what looks like a giant wasp in France it is called a Frelin (might not be correct spelling). A biologist friend says they are quiet gentle but most people I know are terrified of them.

It is possible to get nests taken away by our pest control.

 

[shady_lady]

probably a hornet wasp! bl**dy hate them!

 

[silverbreeze]

I think these are the queens.. They will be looking for a nest site. Unless it was more black than yellow; in which case I THINK they are hornets??

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Sounds like a hornet - get the odd one every year - look big enough to saddle and ride!!

 

[scotlass]

A 2" wasp ? - I'd be in the next county!

 

[CastleMouse]

I usually see one or two every summer - They're bl**dy awful!

 

[legaldancer]

I think it would be a Hornet. They look like giant wasps, but are Dark Brown & yellow, rather than Black & yellow. Scary!

 

[suzysparkle]

Either a Hornet or a giant wood wasp (both are much bigger than a common wasp). The wood wasps don't sting but the females have a huge pointy thing that looks like a sting but is actually for laying eggs. I felt awful last year as I killed one thinking it was a hornet but it wasn't. Wood wasps are yellow and black, Hornets are brown and orange.

 

[spookypony]

A monster from Dr Who. Bound to be.

 

[Hedgewitch13]

Definately a hornet. I rescued one the other week from one of the yard cats. Nothing to be scared of unless you poke at them and make them angry!

 

[Tnavas]

Sounds like a hornet - they sting first ask questions later!

 

[Lobelia_Overhill]

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A monster from Dr Who. Bound to be.

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LOL yup, that's what it was ...

 

[annret]

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A monster from Dr Who. Bound to be.

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LOL yup, that's what it was ...

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At least I know myself well enough to doubt what I'd seen until other people saw it was that size too!

He was bloody angry, the wasp thing. The biologist says he wasn't a hornet due to the colouring but a giant european queen wasp? I think that's what he said?

Sorry, I am allergic to lots of things & really can't face several days of hives all over my body after a bite!